Please help you rock/emo/metal fans!

[Sarka]

Ok, basically I'm in a little bit of a crappy/sticky situation. I'm doing a secret Santa and I'm going to make a book entitled "The Big Book of Hot Bassists"

Now... the problem is, I know nothing about bands. I know she likes the following bands:

Funeral for a Friend
Offspring
The band that does the "I'm not ok song"
Iron Maiden? Possibly...

Ok, I have no idea. I'll update the list when I do some snooping to see who her fav bands are. If anyone knows any bands similar to that great list please say so, and if you have any idea what their bassist is called, please tell me, I'd really appericiate it.

Thanks

[Raining_again]

i'm not okay is by My chemical romance

google is your friend here :)

[Ramar]

If you mean hot as in good musician then Steve Harris, the bassist of Iron Maiden is your man. Awesome stage presence for a bassist, great player too.

[Pit-Jr]

Off the top of my head:

Jason Newsted-metallica, ozzy
Rob Trujillo-metallica, ozzay
Fieldy-korn
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a6/scoutnc/fieldy.jpg
Flea-RHCP
Sam Rivers-Limp Bizkit
Shavo-SOAD
Adam Duce-Machine Head
Justin Chancellor-Tool

EDIT-all these guys are doable

[Sarka]

If you mean hot as in good musician then Steve Harris, the bassist of Iron Maiden is your man. Awesome stage presence for a bassist, great player too.


Well, I eman hot as in good looking, but I think anyone will do really. Thanks Raining_again aswell. :wink:

Thanks so much Pit-Jr! :kiss:

[Twozzok]

If i was a lady, i'd probably find Shavo from System of a Down hot, But i'm not, so i don't...

but i would.

e;fb ¬_¬

[Ramar]

Well, I eman hot as in good looking, but I think anyone will do really. Thanks Raining_again aswell. :wink:

Thanks so much Pit-Jr! :kiss:

Steve Harris definitely isn't your man.. unless the lass is into 40/50 year old men.

[Twozzok]

How about Chris Wolstenholme? From Muse

[Athriller]

Yeah...

http://www.nathangilbert.com/pics/deppbass.jpg

http://www.johnnydeppfan.com/portraits/0411rsbookcover.jpg

[Grebe]

Matt Freeman from Rancid.....

Not the hottest but the best by far.....and I mean by far

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y221/Rudolfus13/Matt.jpg

[EEVILMURRAY]

Crank some H.I.M in too.

[Jack]

Les Claypool is pure sex.

http://www.phillesh.net/philzoneimages/photos/pf-010727-les.jpg

Crank some H.I.M in too.
Jesus God, no.

[Mr. Bananagrabber]

Steve Harris from Maiden is easily the best Bassist alive at the moment. And possibly song writer.

[Jordan]

Best in the world
http://www.accu-chekteams.co.uk/images/busted.jpg
Those ex-busted shit heads.

[Wesley]

If you want a really, really good bassist then look to jazz bands. The best bassist in the world is Jaco Pastorious. Yuo really won't find any better bassists than you do in jazz.

BUT. You insist on rocky music, so erm . . . I dunno.

[Ashley]

Any reason its got to be bassists? Ill ask my female/gay friends, they may be able to help.

[Mr. Bananagrabber]

Best in the world
http://www.accu-chekteams.co.uk/images/busted.jpg
Those ex-busted shit heads.
Look at the one in the middle :grin:
They are an example of everything wrong with the music industry.

[Pit-Jr]

Who are those 3 tryhards?

[Haver]

http://skippy11wpd2.tripod.com/ben.jpg

Ben Kenney - Incubus.

[JonSt]

Check out Stu Hamm, best base player in the world by far - plays with satriani and vai.

[Girly hiyaz!~ Gamer]

Scott Shriner from Weezer is the most hardcore bassist of all time.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/63/Scott_Shriner.jpg/180px-Scott_Shriner.jpg

[Mr_Odwin]

For anyone else that posts in this thread the following template may be used:

[name of bassist] is the most [descriptive word] bassist in the world ever.

[soag]

if its bassists your looking for then th late great Cliff Burten is who who want, noone and I mean noone will ever be as good as him. Just listen to the start of for whom the bell tolls. Awesome stuff :).

[Sarka]

Any reason its got to be bassists? Ill ask my female/gay friends, they may be able to help.

She is a bassist, and always goes on about how great bassists are.

Thanks so much for all the help guys! :santa: Love you all!

[JonSt]

if its bassists your looking for then th late great Cliff Burten is who who want, noone and I mean noone will ever be as good as him. Just listen to the start of for whom the bell tolls. Awesome stuff :).

That is crap i am afraid, he may be good and popular but is certainly not the best.

[Mr. Bananagrabber]

Cliff was awesome. And certainly taken before his time.

[soag]

That is crap i am afraid, he may be good and popular but is certainly not the best.


Ermm I think you find you are 100% mistaken.

[JonSt]

Ermm I think you find you are 100% mistaken.

Not meaning to turn this thread into an argument, but soag my friend - YOU ARE MISTAKEN!!!

[soag]

Not meaning to turn this thread into an argument, but soag my friend - YOU ARE MISTAKEN!!!

ermm nope I am not and thats as far as I'll take this matter, any post disagreeing with me from now on will be deleated :p. MWAHAHAHHA ;)

Anyhow back to topic.

[Athriller]

Yeah, as Odwin subliminally pointed out, it's not really a battle of the greatest bassists, but the hotties.

[JonSt]

Anyone who wants to see some quality bass playing, check out this video!

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1158095372160188114&q=bass+playable%3Atrue

It gets better as it goes on.

[Apple_NdiB]

If you want a really, really good bassist then look to jazz bands. The best bassist in the world is Jaco Pastorious. Yuo really won't find any better bassists than you do in jazz.

BUT. You insist on rocky music, so erm . . . I dunno.

Exactly who I was going to suggest, Jaco Pastorius and Marcus Miller, if you wanted to become a virtuoso of the bass these are the artists to check out. Also, as JohnSt suggested, the bassists of Vai/Satriani are handpicked for innovative tour-de-force playing styles, the best of the bunch being ex-Mr Big and David Lee Roth bassist Billy Sheehan.